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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 04/08/2012 : 09:50:22
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If you know this face, please post the name below.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 04/08/2012 10:27:50
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 09:53:47 [Permalink]
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| This man's personal drive was remarkable, especially in its impossibility. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 19:38:36 [Permalink]
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| Hint: Though hardly a criminal, he thought he was violating laws. The consensus now is that he didn't. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 20:06:56 [Permalink]
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Now for a little more awful doggerel...
Hint:
His driver was not meant for golf in the grass.
A long shot with it might have reached to the stars.
But he was no priest, so he threw him no mass.
Picture a submarine arriving at Mars!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 20:35:13 [Permalink]
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| Hint: Can I get no reaction out of you people? |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 20:49:20 [Permalink]
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| Norman L. Dean. And holy crap! It's not like you had to disguise him. I got there on hints alone! I just made sure by looking at a photo. But holy crap! |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 22:08:22 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Norman L. Dean. And holy crap! It's not like you had to disguise him. I got there on hints alone! I just made sure by looking at a photo. But holy crap!
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Correct, it's Norman L. Dean, inventor of the Dean Drive. The Drive operated inertialessy, violating Newton's Third Law. The potential was there for everyday "anti-gravity" of a sort, and it would have opened up the Galaxy to exploration. Purely mechanical, the Drive used a complex system of off-balance rotating disks to (Dean thought) provide a motive force to the contraption in one direction. Indeed, the vibrating construction actually moved upon the workbench. But the movement was more like hopping along the surface of the workbench than being a violation Newton's Laws.
I think Dean was sincere, and really thought he was onto something. But what he was onto was self-deception and poor testing. John W. Campbell, Jr., editor of Astounding/Analog Science Fiction, was a big promoter of the Dean Drive. Campbell had a history of being quite credulous at times. I remember an issue of his mag arriving in the mail, and me marveling at a beautifully rendered cover showing a Dean Drive-propelled nuclear submarine approaching Mars. I wanted to believe, but noticed there never seemed to be a working prototype of the Drive.
Sorry you were upset by all the hints, Kil. I'm effectively doing this blind, trying to balance difficulty with possibility. I had the (wrong) impression that everyone was stumped. And I thought the Dean Drive as pretty esoteric. I'm still not certain that others had the same ease as yourself in solving this one, for that matter. At solving these, you are out the the league most of us belong to.
The next one may be either too easy, or too hard. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 22:18:27 [Permalink]
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| I wasn't upset by the hints. I really really needed them. I never heard of Norman L. Dean until now. That's why I said there was no need to disguise him. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 22:26:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
I wasn't upset by the hints. I really really needed them. I never heard of Norman L. Dean until now. That's why I said there was no need to disguise him.
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Oh, gotcha! I misunderstood, thanks for clarifying.
Yeah, I hardly a needed to disguise Dean, but I do love doing me some 'shopping. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
435 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2012 : 00:41:35 [Permalink]
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| I think it's a good illustration to the hints, Mooner, although I'm not as familiar with the people described as I should perhaps be... |
“In a modern...society, everybody has the absolute right to believe whatever they damn well please, but they don't have the same right to be taken seriously”.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2012 : 01:30:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by podcat
I think it's a good illustration to the hints, Mooner, although I'm not as familiar with the people described as I should perhaps be...
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Thanks. I kept the image in mind when writing the hints, so that must have had an effect. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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